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Discussion and digression on science fiction and fantasy with Gary K. Wolfe and Jonathan Strahan.
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Sunday Dec 21, 2025
Sunday Dec 21, 2025
As both the Advent Calendar and the year move slowly towards a close, Gary and Jonathan chat with Francis Spufford, author of Golden Hill, Light Perpetual, and the wonderful Cahokia Jazz about what he's been reading, what he'd recommend, his holiday reading traditions and his incredible novel, Nonesuch.
As always, our thanks to Francis for making time to talk to us today. We hope you enjoy the episode.
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
Saturday Dec 20, 2025
For Day 20 of the Coode Street Advent Calendar, Gary and Jonathan talk to Hugo Award winning author of the Wayfarer series, Becky Chambers, about what Becky's been reading and would recommend, holiday reading and viewing traditions, publication of the Monk and Robot, and a brand new novel that should be out in 2026..
As always, our thanks to Becky for making time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode.
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Friday Dec 19, 2025
Gary talks with World Fantasy and Nebula Award winning writer Natalia Theodoridou, whose Bluebeard-inspired Sour Cherry was one of this year’s outstanding debut novels.
We touch upon reading Samantha Harvey’s Orbital and whether or not it’s SF, the brilliance of Vajra Chandrasekera, Natalia’s own first novel, his short fiction, and his current writing plans.
As always, our thanks to Natalia for making time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode.
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
Thursday Dec 18, 2025
With December and the Advent Calendar heading towards their conclusion, Gary and Jonathan chat with recently minted Hugo Award winner Ray Nayler about what he's been reading, what he's been working on, his recent novel Where the Axe is Buried and his upcoming novel, Palaces of the Crow, before talking about ghost stories and year end traditions.
As always, we'd like to thank Ray for making time to talk to us, and hope you enjoy the conversation.
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
It's Day 17 of our Advent Calendar and today Gary and Jonathan chat with Alastair Reynolds about the 25th Anniversary of Revelation Space, his new short story collections, and his latest novel, Halcyon Years.
We also touch on his favourite books of the year, what he's planning, and his favourite seasonal reads.
As always, our thanks to Al. We hope you enjoy today's episode.
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
Tuesday Dec 16, 2025
It's been a minute since we last spoke to Kim Stanley Robinson on the podcast, back in 2020 when The Ministry for the Future was new in the world. So today, Gary and Jonathan took some time to chat with Stan as part of the Advent Calendar about what he's been doing (a lot), what he's been reading (a lot!), and what he has coming up.
Our discussion touched on first major nonfiction book, 2022's The High Sierra: A Love Story, his forthcoming nonfiction book The Best Journey in the World, and the fabulous news that he's hard at work on a new novel.
As always, our thanks to Stan for making time to talk to us. We hope you all enjoy the discussion.
Monday Dec 15, 2025
Monday Dec 15, 2025
For the 15th day of our Advent Calendar Gary chats with Nebula and five-time Hugo Award winner Michael Swanwick about what he's been reading, how he celebrates the holiday season, what he's had out in the past year and his exciting new short story collection The Universe Box.
As always, we'd like to thank Michael for making time to talk to us. We hope you enjoy the episode.
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
Sunday Dec 14, 2025
For the 14th day of Advent, Jonathan is joined by Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated writer, Wole Talabi, to discuss the books he's been reading, what he'd recommend, his brand new novella "Descent" and the Sauútiverse, and his forthcoming second novel, The Fist of Memory.
As always, our thanks to Wole for taking the time to talk to us. We hope you all enjoy the chat.